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Keen sour orange

Citrus aurantium L.

CRC 2624
PI 539163


Source

Received as seed from a source in Bonita, CA, 1936.


Parentage/origins

Parents unknown. Original source was root sprouts from under a Lisbon lemon tree planted in 1887.


Rootstocks of accession

Carrizo citrange, C-35 citrange


Season of ripeness at Riverside

January to March


Notes and observations

2/24/1988, EMN: This fruit is a typical sour orange.

2/11/2008, OJB, TS & DK: Looks like Seville; juicy; moderate seeds; flavor decent, but not great.


Availability

Not commercially available in California.

USDA Germplasm Resources Information Network page for Keen sour orange

 

 

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Photos by David Karp, CVC, 2/11/2008
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